Category: Socialism
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On Securing a Toilet in the Soviet Socialist Craphole
Yet another reason why you don't want the U. S. to become the S. U. Bernie Sanders take note! Rod Dreher reports that a Russian friend visited him and recounted the following story: Vladimir told a great one about how his father, during Soviet times, solved the family’s toilet problem. When the family’s toilet bowl…
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Is Denmark Socialist?
patriotpost.us Video: Is Denmark Socialist? The Left references countries like Denmark as “proof” that socialism works.…
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Is Greed the Engine of Capitalism?
I must have written this in 2004. It makes good on yesterday's promise to say more about why greed is not the origin of capitalism. …………………………………………….. The C-Span Washington Journal of 31 May 2004 with Steve Scully at the helm was particularly excellent. One of the guests was a sweet old lady by the name of…
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What’s Wrong with Economic Inequality?
We are naturally unequal with respect to empirical attributes, both as individuals and as groups, and this inequality results in economic inequality. Is this inequality evil? Why should it be? Is economic inequality as such morally wrong? I have a right to what I have acquired by my honest hard work, deferral of gratification, and…
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A Typical Leftist and the Tragedy of the Commons
Robert Paul Wolff: Abbie Hoffmnan [Hoffman] famously wrote a book titled Steal This Book. What greater compliment could an author hope for than to have his or her book stolen? Jeffrey Kessen, may his tribe increase, quotes from a recent FaceBook post by someone who, in 1983, stole my book, Kant's Theory of Mental Activity, from a…
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Socialism as a Hate Crime
Reviews the millions upon millions slaughtered under socialist regimes in the USSR, Nazi Germany, China under Mao, Cuba under Castro, Cambodia under Pol Pot, and North Korea. Analyzes the situation in Venezuela and explains why socialism must fail. Socialism reliably leads to disaster, but know-nothings refuse the lessons of history. For example, why would anyone…
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The Disastrous Consequences of Socialism . . .
. . . are denied by leftists. Here are five forms of denial.